That's excellent advice, WWP; thank you. I have a severe anxiety disorder and am medicated for it. My daily strategies to combat anxiety include the prescription drugs, plus 10mg melatonin just before bed at 7, nightly chamomile mint tea, several hours of drone music meditation daily, and more drones at a low volume with sleep headphones through the night. I also verbally coach myself all throughout the day, and start each day with a positive mantra recitation to try and start on a good note.
Despite these efforts I still often wake at midnight and am trapped in my head until I can get to sleep the following evening.
I recognize that one of the challenges is, as I mentioned, that I haven't really gotten out of bed much in 6 weeks. That may be making it difficult for my body to know when to go into sleep mode. I live alone and seldom leave the house so I have very little human contact each month, but at least that way I'm not disturbing anyone with my restlessness. I am free to pace the house at any hour I wish.
I've searched local community event calendars and have come up with at least one event to explore each day this week so at least it breaks up the monotony of laying in bed all day until I can pass out. Maybe those events will help.
This is awful.
